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Locky Ransomware Beware!

September 5, 2017 by Bob Johnson

Every
receive an email containing common subjects like ‘documents’, ‘please print’,
‘photo’, ‘images’, ‘pictures’ and ‘scans’ or “you don’t have the HoeflerText font” on a webpage? DON’T
OPEN THE EMAIL OR CLOSE THE WEBPAGE! Why?
(After WannaCry and Petya, another ransomware seems to
spreading like wildfire, taking a hold of computer systems all over the globe,
this time it’s being called Locky.) You
are unlockingLocky, Locky is a ransomware that scramble the
contents of a computer or server (associated network shares, both mapped and
unmapped and removable media) and demands payment to unlock it “usually by
anonymous decentralized virtual currency BITCOINS”.